2.5/ Strengths-based Management
I mentioned before, I adapted this from a whole body of work call Values in Action Inventory of Character Strengths and Virtues. In a manner
2.6/ Feature Friday’s
I first learned about Feature Friday’s from the CTO of Meetup.com. In a presentation on using the principles of the Lean Startup, he explains how
3/ Game of Strengths
HOW DOES STRENGTHS-BASED MANAGEMENT RETAIN THE BEST EMPLOYEES? Well, strengths-based management is a small part of a larger system of performance management that includes role-specific
4/ Gratitude and HR
HOW DOES GRATITUDE WORK FOR HR FOLKS? You know I discussed that with a lot of people, startup CEOs, business advisors, HR executives, and other
5/ Start Here
OKAY, HOW CAN WE START? I suggest that you start in the middle of it all, you know, wherever you go, there you are. So
6/ Conclusion
ANY LAST THOUGHTS ABOUT BRINGING GRATITUDE INTO THE WORKPLACE? I’d like to conclude with a new take on an old French saying about the more
1/ Why did you create Gratitude Games?
Pit of Darkness The short version? Because my life depended on it. It was do this or just brown out and die. And for the
2/ How did you begin to climb out that Pit?
Stopped Digging Deeper I started with the acceptance that I and I alone put myself in that in that pit. Someone did not push me.
3/ What did you do first?
Small simple changes First, I did a number of simple things, the kind of things everyone reads about: journaling, saying out loud words of appreciation
4/ When did you make loving and being loved your priority?
Around the same time, six or seven years ago. I took the stand to transform, using whatever would work, my pervasive sense of dread, hopelessness,